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Volume CXXXIII, Number 6
October 24, 2003


Old Books holds many hidden treasures
ELISABETH MCCAFFREY, CONTRIBUTOR
Stepping into a used bookshop is often like doing a bit of time travel. Out of the fast-paced and mechanized modern world you know, you are suddenly surrounded by a stillness that pays rush no heed. [read the article]

Kerry swings by Weirs Beach firehouse
EVAN KOHN WITH ADAM BABER, ORIENT STAFF
Next to Dexter Shoes, a Texaco station, and Lake Winnipesaukee, Adam and I found ourselves once again on the New Hampshire Democratic presidential campaign trail last week, this time at a community-center-slash-firehouse in Weirs Beach. [read the article]

Bowdoin Digital Underground digs in for great gaming
GRACE CHO, ORIENT STAFF
They are everywhere on campus: on your computer screen in your room, the common room in social houses, even in the library (well maybe not, but they will be). [read the article]

Smelly? Watch the fructose
JEFF BENSON, M.D., DUDLEY COE HEALTH CENTER
I've always had a lot of problems with gas. Recently, it's gotten worse, and it's starting to drive my roommates crazy! Any recommendations? [read the article]

Brunswick biker friendly
KEISHA PAYSON, CONTRIBUTOR
The Biker Friendly Community program describes itself as "a national grassroots effort to increase the number of trips made by bike, promote physical fitness, and help make communities more liveable. [read the article]

Birds of Greenland studied by crew
KATHRYN OSTROFSKY, COLUMNIST
As the Nautilus approached its expected destination-the settlement of Sukertoppen-the long smooth leaves of Laminaria seaweed, strewn about by the recent storm, peppered the now placid sea surface. [read the article]

BOC Notebook: Chilly leadership training over break
ELLIOT JACOBS, COLUMNIST
I awoke in the warmth of my sleeping bag to the flap of leathery wings outside the tent. Clearly the pterodactyl from my dream was not just a dream, but a reality-gripping and clawing at the tent as it tried to uproot us from the ground. [read the article]

Parents of bulimia victim share story at Bowdoin
STEPHANIE WITKIN, STAFF WRITER
Andrea Smeltzer died at 19 years of age after a 13 month struggle with bulimia. Her parents are keeping her story alive, visiting Bowdoin and other schools in an attempt to keep college students from having the same experience. [read the article]

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